Crib lock



Sept.I 29, 1931.

Filed Jan. 13, 192'1l Patented Sept. 29, 1931 FRANK KUSTERL, OF'KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO SIMMONS COMPANY, OF

`NEW YORK; N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE CRIB Loox p. Application led January 13, V1927. Seria1-No.k160,792.

This invention Vrelates to crib construction Aof the type having a sliding side adapted'to beraised or lowered to facilitate egress or 1n- `gress of the child, and in making up the bed, Y land more particularly to novelv means for lockingV or fastening the sliding sidev `in a raised or closed position, while permitting the same to be readily unfastened to permit ,lowering thereof, said construction being -such as to great-ly simplify the manufacture of the device and to reduce the number of parts heretofore employed.7 obviating means onthe corner posts independent of the guide .l rods for the sliding side, for engagement by thefasten'ers proper carried bythe top rail of 'said side or the necessity of .mounting the guide rods for rocking movement.

More particularly, the invention embodies o a. construction in which the yguide rods are provided. with .horizontal -upper portions or legs for attachment. to the corner posts ofthe head .and footsections of the. bed. or crib. These horizontal legs constitute ineach in- 25 stance one ofv the interlocking parts for en,- ga'gement by the fasteners carried at the ends of the top rail of the sliding side in amanner to be hereinafter more `fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional` inside elevation of one end of the crib and showing the application of the device to a tubular metal crib. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 2-2 o-f Figure 1. Fig.3 is an enlarged fragmentary tive view of the device. Fig. iisaview similar to Figure 1 but showing a modified form of the device applied to acrib of wood or one having a frame of rectangular cross-section. Y i Fig. 5 is an enlargedsectional viewtaken on the line 5 5 of Figurev 4, and Fig. 6 is-an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the device shown in Figure 4.

Referring to the drawings and particularly to Figures 1, 2', and 3 in which a crib of tubular metal frame construction is shown, 7 designates anend frame which maybe either the head or foot having the usualcorner posts 8 connected in the usual yor any preferred manperspecside of the crib is usuallyxed or stationary and theother side 9 is mounted to slide up and down to raised or closed and lowered or $5 openf positions. For this purpose there is mounted on thev corner post-at one side and in y position `to extendfinwardly inthe plane between said corner posts-that is, longitudinally of the crib-vertical guide rods 10- which have their lower ends engaged in apertured supports or the like 11, or otherwise suitably secured to brackets 12 or directly attached to the cornerposts byparts formed integral therewith.r The upper ends'of the rods 10 have angular attaching portions 13 including horizontal outwardly extending legs 14 disposedv longitudinally of the crib. These horizontal legs are disposed in line with eachother at opposite ends ofthe crib and constitute means for engagement by fasteners on the sliding side,as will hereinafter be more particularly pointed out, without the necessity of providing pivoted hooks or other independentparts which increase the cost of production and are a constant vannoyance in use, owing to the fact that such devices read'- ilyfget out of working order andare difficult to fasten.

The sliding side 9 has upper and lower rails 15V and 16 connected in the usualvway and the ends of the upper rail 15have fasteners 1'?l thereon. The endsof the lower rail 16 are apertured-as at 18 for sliding engagement `with the rods 10. .Each fastener 17 includes a plate19 spot-welded or otherwise securedV f toan end of the rail 15 preferably at the outside and provided at the bottom with a horizontalV portion 2O formed as a lateral exten- Y sion on a stamping orblank from which the part 17 is produced. The portion 2O is bent inwardly horizontally at right angles to the plateand has a slot 21 extending transversely with respect to the crib rail sufficiently to allow movement on the rod l0 about twice as great as the diameter of the rod and prefn erably slightly greater. The top of the plateV 19 is provided with an inwardly and downwardly turned rigid or resilient tongue or eX- tension 22V which substantially.` bisects the with the portion v14 passing through the opening 22a, so that the tongue 22 will engage inwardly of or over said leg when the sliding side is dropped, to support the siderwi'thout the employment. of lindependent .hooks or other; partsindependently ofthe guide rods. Inthe formof the inventionfshown in Fig ,uresl, and 6,'the application of ,the'devicc toacr'ib'frame of wood or rectangular crosssec'tion ;is shown. Corresponding parts. are designated f by similar reference characters primed, except that the bracket 13 may be inthefori-n of a-plate' fitted on the leg 14 instead of formed with or on the end thereof as inF-igures'l and ,3, and the leg 14 extends into theVc-orner-.post 8 to anchor the rod, in addition to the fastening through. the bracket or plate. In this form, instead of having the I plate 19 enveloping theend` of the top rail ofIthe sliding sideof the crib jor partially env-velopingthe same at the top, outer side, and bottom,.it. may bein the form of a' plate 19 .secured to. the' bottom. of'thefrail, as indicated'at 23, so thatthe slotted extension 20 and the curvedportion 19"'andtongue- 22 project from the'end of therail'toco-operate "withthe leg .Mof'the guide rold 10 in the same vmanner as heretofore described. p

` While the brackets or'ttings ontheends offthe ltop rail ofv a metallic tubular frame Or 'sliding side maybe fastened externally as `shown inFigures 1 to B'inclusive, it is: to be understood that the 'bracket' may'beLconsstructed" as shownv inFigure 6 and the part `19 fastened within the tubularframe vor top -rail of the sliding side l:by screws or other suitable fasteners an'gd that the downturned y'partj-2251nay or may'not have an extension an` chored to acap fitted-.over-'the end of the 'top yrail to close the same. Also a'nut or separatejanchoring plate may beprovided inflthe cornerepost for securing the screws or otherfastenings of the attachinglportions 13. The part 19may be vsuitably shaped and in 1 connection withwooden cribs, the upper ends of the rods'lO" vmaybe fastened inthe same manner as therods 10. In the case of a metal crib frame or sliding side having a lsolid -rod foi-'th'etop rail`,the'braclet or tting may be sleeved or .otherwise fastened around Ithelends of 'the rod and brazed orl welded thereto. l l l i ,"lVhilefI-have shown andfdescribed my inrventionin a .prefe-rredform, I amaware that various changes and modications may be made therein without departing from the principles of the invention, the scope of ywhich may be determined by reference to the means on". thel'toplrail of the Isliding-sideto 75 d'etacfhablyiengage over-the top portions of the guide rods, said means including a slotted "plate mounting the side to swing laterally on the rods and having a downturned portion adaptedin oneposition to tit over the top pors@ tion of theguide rod to support the `side in a raisedposition or to be disengaged therefrom to permit sliding Voffthe side.

..2.'In a crib.lock,.thelcombination with-a crib. having a. corner post and. a. sliding side,`85 a guide rod onfthe corner post having ahori- Zontal leg, a bracket'lon the top rail of the sliding crib side and having a slot receiving .the rodtopermit lateral shifting o-f the side,

and.. a '.downturnedV tongue -spaced fromV theDO slot and disposed over the same,-said tongue being adapted toengage over theleg when raised abovethe same andithe sliding side l1s .shifted inwardly, tosupportLthefsidel in an elevated position. 595

In a crib construction, end members haw ing posts, guide rods mounted on saidlp'osts atzthe inside and extending longitudinally inward, the upper ends ofthe rodshaving horizontal legs and being anchored'to tiled-100 posts, a sliding sidemounte'd vto slide on the prods, fittings on the ends ofthe top rail'of the sliding side-and having plateportions-at the botto-m with transverse slots and also hav-` ing the outer side formedwwith' a` curved lie-*2105 pending -hook adapted to fit against the-rods at the outside or to be'- shifted inwardly through the medium ofthe slots for engagement over-the horizontal'legs ofthe rods when the sliding side islowered from anil10 elevated position and vice versa. Y

4. In combination'with a cribpost, a guide rod on the post extending inwardly'longitudinallv of thel crib vand 'having'a top portion, a sliding'crib side having -a top rail, a i115 .bracket on the top-rail having a slottedbottom portion receiving the rod to permit lateral shifting of the side. and a downturned tongue spaced from the slot and disposed to ,l extendpartially over'the same'for engaging "the'top portion, of the rod tosup'port the side in a raised'po'sition'or to disengage therefrom to permit lowering 'of the side. I

5. VThe 'combination with Vcrib posts, of guide rods on said crib lpo'sts, horizontal 125 members at'the topportions of theguide rods,

a crib side slidable .on the rods, and hooks rigidly mounted at the lends of the top portion of the crib side and extendingupwardly therefrom with"depending bills, said vhooks 330 having slotted portions receiving the guide rods to permit lateral movement of the crib side and hooks when the crib side is raised With the bills of the hooks above the horizontal members to permitthe hooks to en-A gage the horizontal members and support the crib side in a raised position, or to permit lowering of the crib side on theguide rods by means of the slottedl portions With the hooks disengaged from the horizontal members and moving along the guide rods.

6. In combination with a crib having a ooru ner post and a slidable side, a vertical guide rod iiXedly secured to said corner post, a horizontal member extending adjacent the upper end of said guide rod between said rod and said post. and serving as an upper stop for said crib side, a horizontal plate mounted on said crib side having a slot elongated in a plane transverse to that of said crib side, and

a hook integral with said plate land overhanging said slot, said slot receiving said guiderod on Which said crib side is slidable and said hook bearing resiliently against said rod when said crib side is being slid thereon A in order to prevent rattling of said side and Cil co-operating with said horizontal member to support said side in elevated position. e

FRANK KUSTERLE. 

